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Northfield, Minnesota - 1 schools
At $11,820 per pupil, Prairie Creek Community School ranks #445 of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending (Minnesota districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
177
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$11,820
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Prairie Creek Community School operates 1 public schools serving 177 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Minnesota. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dakota County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,820 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 504 Minnesota districts by per-pupil spending. See how Minnesota compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 5.5% local, 87.2% state, and 7.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 3.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.1% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% Asian across the district's schools.
Prairie Creek Community School accounts for 100.0% of all Prairie Creek Community School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Prairie Creek Community School a distant remainder — means Prairie Creek Community School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Prairie Creek Community School chronic absenteeism rate is 3.9% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Prairie Creek Community School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Prairie Creek Community School?
Prairie Creek Community School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 177 students.
How much does Prairie Creek Community School spend per student?
Prairie Creek Community School spends $11,820 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Prairie Creek Community School?
Prairie Creek Community School students are 86.1% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.